فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَـٰهُ ءَاتِنَا غَدَآءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَـٰذَا نَصَبًا ٦٢
When they had passed further, he said to his assistant, “Bring us our meal! We have certainly been exhausted by today’s journey.”
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا ٦١
But when they ?finally? reached the point where the seas met, they forgot their ?salted? fish, and it made its way into the sea, slipping away ?wondrously?.
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَـٰهُ لَآ أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰٓ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِىَ حُقُبًا ٦٠
And ?remember? when Moses said to his young assistant, “I will never give up until I reach the junction of the two seas, even if I travel for ages.”
وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُواْ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا ٥٩
Those ?are the? societies We destroyed when they persisted in wrong, and We had set a time for their destruction.
وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِۖ لَوْ يُؤَاخِذُهُم بِمَا كَسَبُواْ لَعَجَّلَ لَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَۚ بَل لَّهُم مَّوْعِدٌ لَّن يَجِدُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦ مَوْئِلاً ٥٨
Your Lord is the All-Forgiving, Full of Mercy. If He were to seize them ?immediately? for what they commit, He would have certainly hastened their punishment. But they have an appointed time, from which they will find no refuge.
وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن ذُكِّرَ بِـَٔـايَـٰتِ رَبِّهِۦ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهَا وَنَسِىَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُۚ إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًاۖ وَإِن تَدْعُهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَن يَهْتَدُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدًا ٥٧
And who does more wrong than those who, when reminded of their Lord’s revelations, turn away from them and forget what their own hands have done? We have certainly cast veils over their hearts—leaving them unable to comprehend this ?Quran?—and deafness in their ears. And if you ?O Prophet? invite them to ?true? guidance, they will never be ?rightly? guided.
وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَۚ وَيُجَـٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُواْ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّۖ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓاْ ءَايَـٰتِى وَمَآ أُنذِرُواْ هُزُوًا ٥٦
We do not send the messengers except as deliverers of good news and warners. But the disbelievers argue in falsehood, ?hoping? to discredit the truth with it, and make a mockery of My revelations and warnings.
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓاْ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَيَسْتَغْفِرُواْ رَبَّهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ سُنَّةُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ قُبُلاً ٥٥
And nothing prevents people from believing when guidance comes to them and from seeking their Lord’s forgiveness except ?their demand? to meet the same fate of earlier deniers or that the torment would confront them face to face.
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِلنَّاسِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ أَكْثَرَ شَىْءٍ جَدَلاً ٥٤
We have surely set forth in this Quran every ?kind of? lesson for people, but humankind is the most argumentative of all beings.
وَرَءَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٱلنَّارَ فَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُواْ عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا ٥٣
The wicked will see the Fire and realize that they are bound to fall into it, and will find no way to avoid it.
وَيَوْمَ يَقُولُ نَادُواْ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ فَدَعَوْهُمْ فَلَمْ يَسْتَجِيبُواْ لَهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُم مَّوْبِقًا ٥٢
And ?beware of? the Day He will say, “Call upon those you claimed were My associate-gods.” So they will call them, but will receive no response. And We will make them ?all? share in the same doom.
۞ مَّآ أَشْهَدتُّهُمْ خَلْقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ ٱلْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًا ٥١
I never called them to witness the creation of the heavens and the earth or ?even? their own creation, nor would I take the misleaders as helpers.
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُواْ لِأَدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَفَسَقَ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهِۦٓۗ أَفَتَتَّخِذُونَهُۥ وَذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِى وَهُمْ لَكُمْ عَدُوُّۢۚ بِئْسَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بَدَلاً ٥٠
And ?remember? when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs, who was one of the jinn, but he rebelled against the command of his Lord. Would you then take him and his descendants as patrons instead of Me, although they are your enemy? What an evil alternative for the wrongdoers ?to choose?!
وَوُضِعَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ فَتَرَى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ مُشْفِقِينَ مِمَّا فِيهِ وَيَقُولُونَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَنَا مَالِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَا يُغَادِرُ صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً إِلَّآ أَحْصَـٰهَاۚ وَوَجَدُواْ مَا عَمِلُواْ حَاضِرًاۗ وَلَا يَظْلِمُ رَبُّكَ أَحَدًا ٤٩
And the record ?of deeds? will be laid ?open?, and you will see the wicked in fear of what is ?written? in it. They will cry, “Woe to us! What kind of record is this that does not leave any sin, small or large, unlisted?” They will find whatever they did present ?before them?. And your Lord will never wrong anyone.
وَعُرِضُواْ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ صَفًّا لَّقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا كَمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةِۭۚ بَلْ زَعَمْتُمْ أَلَّن نَّجْعَلَ لَكُم مَّوْعِدًا ٤٨
They will be presented before your Lord in rows, ?and the deniers will be told,? “You have surely returned to Us ?all alone? as We created you the first time, although you ?always? claimed that We would never appoint a time for your return.”
وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَـٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ٤٧
?Beware of? the Day We will blow the mountains away, and you will see the earth laid bare. And We will gather all ?humankind?, leaving none behind.
ٱلْمَالُ وَٱلْبَنُونَ زِينَةُ ٱلْحَيَوٲةِ ٱلدُّنْيَاۖ وَٱلْبَـٰقِيَـٰتُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ خَيْرٌ عِندَ رَبِّكَ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ أَمَلاً ٤٦
Wealth and children are the adornment of this worldly life, but the everlasting good deeds are far better with your Lord in reward and in hope.
وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ ٱلْحَيَوٲةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا كَمَآءٍ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَٱخْتَلَطَ بِهِۦ نَبَاتُ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ ٱلرِّيَـٰحُۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا ٤٥
And give them a parable of this worldly life. ?It is? like the plants of the earth, thriving when sustained by the rain We send down from the sky. Then they ?soon? turn into chaff scattered by the wind. And Allah is fully capable of ?doing? all things.
هُنَالِكَ ٱلْوَلَـٰيَةُ لِلَّهِ ٱلْحَقِّۚ هُوَ خَيْرٌ ثَوَابًا وَخَيْرٌ عُقْبًا ٤٤
At this time, support comes ?only? from Allah—the True ?Lord?. He is best in reward and best in outcome.
وَلَمْ تَكُن لَّهُۥ فِئَةٌ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مُنتَصِرًا ٤٣
And he had no manpower to help him against Allah, nor could he ?even? help himself.
وَأُحِيطَ بِثَمَرِهِۦ فَأَصْبَحَ يُقَلِّبُ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَنفَقَ فِيهَا وَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَيَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى لَمْ أُشْرِكْ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا ٤٢
And so all his produce was ?totally? ruined, so he started to wring his hands for all he had spent on it, while it had collapsed on its trellises. He cried, “Alas! I wish I had never associated anyone with my Lord ?in worship?!”
أَوْ يُصْبِحَ مَآؤُهَا غَوْرًا فَلَن تَسْتَطِيعَ لَهُۥ طَلَبًا ٤١
Or its water may sink ?into the earth?, and then you will never be able to seek it out.”
فَعَسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَن يُؤْتِيَنِ خَيْرًا مِّن جَنَّتِكَ وَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْهَا حُسْبَانًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتُصْبِحَ صَعِيدًا زَلَقًا ٤٠
perhaps my Lord will grant me ?something? better than your garden, and send down upon your garden a thunderbolt from the sky, turning it into a barren waste.
وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِۚ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۟ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالاً وَوَلَدًا ٣٩
If only you had said, upon entering your property, ‘This is what Allah has willed! There is no power except with Allah!’ Even though you see me inferior to you in wealth and offspring,
لَّـٰكِنَّا۟ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِرَبِّىٓ أَحَدًا ٣٨
But as for me: He is Allah, my Lord, and I will never associate anyone with my Lord ?in worship?.
قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّٮٰكَ رَجُلاً ٣٧
His ?believing? companion replied, while conversing with him, “Do you disbelieve in the One Who created you from dust, then ?developed you? from a sperm-drop, then formed you into a man?
وَمَآ أَظُنُّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ قَآئِمَةً وَلَئِن رُّدِدتُّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّى لَأَجِدَنَّ خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا مُنقَلَبًا ٣٦
nor do I think the Hour will ?ever? come. And if in fact I am returned to my Lord, I will definitely get a far better outcome than ?all? this.”
وَدَخَلَ جَنَّتَهُۥ وَهُوَ ظَالِمٌ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ قَالَ مَآ أَظُنُّ أَن تَبِيدَ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَبَدًا ٣٥
And he entered his property, while wronging his soul, saying, “I do not think this will ever perish,
وَكَانَ لَهُۥ ثَمَرٌ فَقَالَ لِصَـٰحِبِهِۦ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَنَا۟ أَكْثَرُ مِنكَ مَالاً وَأَعَزُّ نَفَرًا ٣٤
And he had other resources ?as well?. So he boasted to a ?poor? companion of his, while conversing with him, “I am greater than you in wealth and superior in manpower.”
كِلْتَا ٱلْجَنَّتَيْنِ ءَاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا وَلَمْ تَظْلِم مِّنْهُ شَيْــًٔاۚ وَفَجَّرْنَا خِلَـٰلَهُمَا نَهَرًا ٣٣
Each garden yielded ?all? its produce, never falling short. And We caused a river to flow between them.
۞ وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلاً رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَـٰبٍ وَحَفَفْنَـٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا ٣٢
Give them ?O Prophet? an example of two men. To ?the disbelieving? one We gave two gardens of grapevines, which We surrounded with palm trees and placed ?various? crops in between.
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ جَنَّـٰتُ عَدْنٍ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهِمُ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرُ يُحَلَّوْنَ فِيهَا مِنْ أَسَاوِرَ مِن ذَهَبٍ وَيَلْبَسُونَ ثِيَابًا خُضْرًا مِّن سُندُسٍ وَإِسْتَبْرَقٍ مُّتَّكِــِٔينَ فِيهَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرَآئِكِۚ نِعْمَ ٱلثَّوَابُ وَحَسُنَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ٣١
It is they who will have the Gardens of Eternity, with rivers flowing under their feet. There they will be adorned with bracelets of gold, and wear green garments of fine silk and rich brocade, reclining there on ?canopied? couches. What a marvellous reward! And what a fabulous place to rest!
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ إِنَّا لَا نُضِيعُ أَجْرَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ عَمَلاً ٣٠
As for those who believe and do good, We certainly never deny the reward of those who are best in deeds.
وَقُلِ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْۖ فَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيُؤْمِن وَمَن شَآءَ فَلْيَكْفُرْۚ إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ نَارًا أَحَاطَ بِهِمْ سُرَادِقُهَاۚ وَإِن يَسْتَغِيثُواْ يُغَاثُواْ بِمَآءٍ كَٱلْمُهْلِ يَشْوِى ٱلْوُجُوهَۚ بِئْسَ ٱلشَّرَابُ وَسَآءَتْ مُرْتَفَقًا ٢٩
And say, ?O Prophet,? “?This is? the truth from your Lord. Whoever wills let them believe, and whoever wills let them disbelieve.” Surely We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire whose walls will ?completely? surround them. When they cry for aid, they will be aided with water like molten metal, which will burn ?their? faces. What a horrible drink! And what a terrible place to rest!
وَٱصْبِرْ نَفْسَكَ مَعَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَدَوٲةِ وَٱلْعَشِىِّ يُرِيدُونَ وَجْهَهُۥۖ وَلَا تَعْدُ عَيْنَاكَ عَنْهُمْ تُرِيدُ زِينَةَ ٱلْحَيَوٲةِ ٱلدُّنْيَاۖ وَلَا تُطِعْ مَنْ أَغْفَلْنَا قَلْبَهُۥ عَن ذِكْرِنَا وَٱتَّبَعَ هَوَٮٰهُ وَكَانَ أَمْرُهُۥ فُرُطًا ٢٨
And patiently stick with those who call upon their Lord morning and evening, seeking His pleasure. Do not let your eyes look beyond them, desiring the luxuries of this worldly life. And do not obey those whose hearts We have made heedless of Our remembrance, who follow ?only? their desires and whose state is ?total? loss.
وَٱتْلُ مَآ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ مِن كِتَابِ رَبِّكَۖ لَا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَـٰتِهِۦ وَلَن تَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا ٢٧
Recite what has been revealed to you from the Book of your Lord. None can change His Words, nor can you find any refuge besides Him.
قُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثُواْۖ لَهُۥ غَيْبُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۖ أَبْصِرْ بِهِۦ وَأَسْمِعْۚ مَا لَهُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا يُشْرِكُ فِى حُكْمِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ٢٦
Say, ?O Prophet,? “Allah knows best how long they stayed. With Him ?alone? is ?the knowledge of? the unseen of the heavens and the earth. How perfectly He hears and sees! They have no guardian besides Him, and He shares His command with none.”
وَلَبِثُواْ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مِاْئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُواْ تِسْعًا ٢٥
They had remained in their cave for three hundred years, adding nine.
إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَٱذْكُر رَّبَّكَ إِذَا نَسِيتَ وَقُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّى لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هَـٰذَا رَشَدًا ٢٤
without adding, “if Allah so wills!” But if you forget, then remember your Lord, and say, “I trust my Lord will guide me to what is more right than this.”
وَلَا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَاْىْءٍ إِنِّى فَاعِلٌ ذَٲلِكَ غَدًا ٢٣
And never say of anything, “I will definitely do this tomorrow,”
سَيَقُولُونَ ثَلَـٰثَةٌ رَّابِعُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ خَمْسَةٌ سَادِسُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْ رَجْمَۢا بِٱلْغَيْبِۖ وَيَقُولُونَ سَبْعَةٌ وَثَامِنُهُمْ كَلْبُهُمْۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِعِدَّتِهِم مَّا يَعْلَمُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌۗ فَلَا تُمَارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِرَآءً ظَـٰهِرًا وَلَا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِم مِّنْهُمْ أَحَدًا ٢٢
Some will say, “They were three, their dog was the fourth,” while others will say, “They were five, their dog was the sixth,” ?only? guessing blindly. And others will say, “They were seven and their dog was the eighth.” Say, ?O Prophet,? “My Lord knows best their ?exact? number. Only a few people know as well.” So do not argue about them except with sure knowledge, nor consult any of those ?who debate? about them.
وَكَذَٲلِكَ أَعْثَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ لِيَعْلَمُوٓاْ أَنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَآ إِذْ يَتَنَـٰزَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْۖ فَقَالُواْ ٱبْنُواْ عَلَيْهِم بُنْيَـٰنًاۖ رَّبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْۚ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ غَلَبُواْ عَلَىٰٓ أَمْرِهِمْ لَنَتَّخِذَنَّ عَلَيْهِم مَّسْجِدًا ٢١
That is how We caused them to be discovered so that their people might know that Allah’s promise ?of resurrection? is true and that there is no doubt about the Hour. When the people disputed with each other about the case of the youth ?after their death?, some proposed, “Build a structure around them. Their Lord knows best about them.” Those who prevailed in the matter said, “We will surely build a place of worship over them.”
إِنَّهُمْ إِن يَظْهَرُواْ عَلَيْكُمْ يَرْجُمُوكُمْ أَوْ يُعِيدُوكُمْ فِى مِلَّتِهِمْ وَلَن تُفْلِحُوٓاْ إِذًا أَبَدًا ٢٠
For, indeed, if they find out about you, they will stone you ?to death?, or force you back into their faith, and then you will never succeed.”
وَكَذَٲلِكَ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَتَسَآءَلُواْ بَيْنَهُمْۚ قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْۖ قَالُواْ لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍۚ قَالُواْ رَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا لَبِثْتُمْ فَٱبْعَثُوٓاْ أَحَدَكُم بِوَرِقِكُمْ هَـٰذِهِۦٓ إِلَى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ فَلْيَنظُرْ أَيُّهَآ أَزْكَىٰ طَعَامًا فَلْيَأْتِكُم بِرِزْقٍ مِّنْهُ وَلْيَتَلَطَّفْ وَلَا يُشْعِرَنَّ بِكُمْ أَحَدًا ١٩
And so We awakened them so that they might question one another. One of them exclaimed, “How long have you remained ?asleep??” Some replied, “Perhaps a day, or part of a day.” They said ?to one another?, “Your Lord knows best how long you have remained. So send one of you with these silver coins of yours to the city, and let him find which food is the purest, and then bring you provisions from it. Let him be ?exceptionally? cautious, and do not let him give you away.
وَتَحْسَبُهُمْ أَيْقَاظًا وَهُمْ رُقُودٌۚ وَنُقَلِّبُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِۖ وَكَلْبُهُم بَـٰسِطٌ ذِرَاعَيْهِ بِٱلْوَصِيدِۚ لَوِ ٱطَّلَعْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَوَلَّيْتَ مِنْهُمْ فِرَارًا وَلَمُلِئْتَ مِنْهُمْ رُعْبًا ١٨
And you would have thought they were awake, though they were asleep. We turned them over, to the right and left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. Had you looked at them, you would have certainly fled away from them, filled with horror.
۞ وَتَرَى ٱلشَّمْسَ إِذَا طَلَعَت تَّزَٲوَرُ عَن كَهْفِهِمْ ذَاتَ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ ٱلشِّمَالِ وَهُمْ فِى فَجْوَةٍ مِّنْهُۚ ذَٲلِكَ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِۗ مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُۥ وَلِيًّا مُّرْشِدًا ١٧
And you would have seen the sun, as it rose, inclining away from their cave to the right, and as it set, declining away from them to the left, while they lay in its open space. That is one of the signs of Allah. Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. But whoever He leaves to stray, you will never find for them a guiding mentor.
وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓاْ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا ١٦
Since you have distanced yourselves from them and what they worship besides Allah, take refuge in the cave. Your Lord will extend His mercy to you and accommodate you in your ordeal.”
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ قَوْمُنَا ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةًۖ لَّوْلَا يَأْتُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِسُلْطَـٰنِۭ بَيِّنٍۖ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ١٥
?Then they said to one another,? “These people of ours have taken gods besides Him. Why do they not produce a clear proof of them? Who then does more wrong than those who fabricate lies against Allah?
وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُواْ فَقَالُواْ رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَن نَّدْعُوَاْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهًاۖ لَّقَدْ قُلْنَآ إِذًا شَطَطًا ١٤
And We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and declared, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. We will never call upon any god besides Him, or we would truly be uttering an outrageous lie.”
نَّحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ نَبَأَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّۚ إِنَّهُمْ فِتْيَةٌ ءَامَنُواْ بِرَبِّهِمْ وَزِدْنَـٰهُمْ هُدًى ١٣
We relate to you ?O Prophet? their story in truth. They were youths who truly believed in their Lord, and We increased them in guidance.
ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَـٰهُمْ لِنَعْلَمَ أَىُّ ٱلْحِزْبَيْنِ أَحْصَىٰ لِمَا لَبِثُوٓاْ أَمَدًا ١٢
then We raised them so We may show which of the two groups would make a better estimation of the length of their stay.
فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا ١١
So We caused them to fall into a dead sleep in the cave for many years,
إِذْ أَوَى ٱلْفِتْيَةُ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ فَقَالُواْ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا مِن لَّدُنكَ رَحْمَةً وَهَيِّئْ لَنَا مِنْ أَمْرِنَا رَشَدًا ١٠
?Remember? when those youths took refuge in the cave, and said, “Our Lord! Grant us mercy from Yourself and guide us rightly through our ordeal.”
أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُواْ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا ٩
Have you ?O Prophet? thought that the people of the cave and the plaque were ?the only? wonders of Our signs?
وَإِنَّا لَجَـٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا ٨
And We will certainly reduce whatever is on it to barren ground.
إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا مَا عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ زِينَةً لَّهَا لِنَبْلُوَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلاً ٧
We have indeed made whatever is on earth as an adornment for it, in order to test which of them is best in deeds.
فَلَعَلَّكَ بَـٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُواْ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا ٦
Now, perhaps you ?O Prophet? will grieve yourself to death over their denial, if they ?continue to? disbelieve in this message.
مَّا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ وَلَا لِأَبَآئِهِمْۚ كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَٲهِهِمْۚ إِن يَقُولُونَ إِلَّا كَذِبًا ٥
They have no knowledge of this, nor did their forefathers. What a terrible claim that comes out of their mouths! They say nothing but lies.
وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا ٤
and to warn those who claim, “Allah has offspring.”
مَّـٰكِثِينَ فِيهِ أَبَدًا ٣
in which they will remain forever;
قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا ٢
?making it? perfectly upright, to warn ?the disbelievers? of a severe torment from Him; to give good news to the believers—who do good—that they will have a fine reward,
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَلَمْ يَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عِوَجَاۜ ١
All praise is for Allah Who has revealed the Book to His servant, allowing no crookedness in it,
وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا ۩ ١٠٩
And they fall down upon their faces weeping, and it increases them in humility.”
قُلِ ٱدْعُواْ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُواْ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُواْ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٲلِكَ سَبِيلاً ١١٠
Say, ?O Prophet,? “Call upon Allah or call upon the Most Compassionate—whichever you call, He has the Most Beautiful Names.” Do not recite your prayers too loudly or silently, but seek a way between.
وَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ وَلِىٌّ مِّنَ ٱلذُّلِّۖ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرَۢا ١١١
And say, “All praise is for Allah, Who has never had ?any? offspring; nor does He have a partner in ?governing? the kingdom; nor is He pathetic, needing a protector. And revere Him immensely.”
وَيَقُولُونَ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِن كَانَ وَعْدُ رَبِّنَا لَمَفْعُولاً ١٠٨
and say, ‘Glory be to our Lord! Surely the promise of our Lord has been fulfilled.’
قُلْ ءَامِنُواْ بِهِۦٓ أَوْ لَا تُؤْمِنُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلْعِلْمَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ سُجَّدًا ١٠٧
Say, ?O Prophet,? “Believe in this ?Quran?, or do not. Indeed, when it is recited to those who were gifted with knowledge before it ?was revealed?, they fall upon their faces in prostration,
وَقُرْءَانًا فَرَقْنَـٰهُ لِتَقْرَأَهُۥ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ عَلَىٰ مُكْثٍ وَنَزَّلْنَـٰهُ تَنزِيلاً ١٠٦
?It is? a Quran We have revealed in stages so that you may recite it to people at a deliberate pace. And We have sent it down in successive revelations.
وَبِٱلْحَقِّ أَنزَلْنَـٰهُ وَبِٱلْحَقِّ نَزَلَۗ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرًا وَنَذِيرًا ١٠٥
We have sent down the Quran in truth, and with the truth it has come down. We have sent you ?O Prophet? only as a deliverer of good news and a warner.
وَقُلْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ لِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٲٓءِيلَ ٱسْكُنُواْ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْأَخِرَةِ جِئْنَا بِكُمْ لَفِيفًا ١٠٤
And We said to the Children of Israel after Pharaoh, “Reside in the land, but when the promise of the Hereafter comes to pass, We will bring you all together.”
فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا ١٠٣
So Pharaoh wanted to scare the Israelites out of the land ?of Egypt?, but We drowned him and all of those with him.
قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَآ أَنزَلَ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ إِلَّا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ بَصَآئِرَ وَإِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَـٰفِرْعَوْنُ مَثْبُورًا ١٠٢
Moses replied, “You know well that none has sent these ?signs? down except the Lord of the heavens and the earth as insights. And I really think that you, O Pharaoh, are doomed.”
وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَىٰ تِسْعَ ءَايَـٰتِۭ بَيِّنَـٰتٍۖ فَسْــَٔلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٲٓءِيلَ إِذْ جَآءَهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُۥ فِرْعَوْنُ إِنِّى لَأَظُنُّكَ يَـٰمُوسَىٰ مَسْحُورًا ١٠١
We surely gave Moses nine clear signs. ?You, O Prophet, can? ask the Children of Israel. When Moses came to them, Pharaoh said to him, “I really think that you, O Moses, are bewitched.”
۞ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْاْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ قَادِرٌ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُمْ وَجَعَلَ لَهُمْ أَجَلاً لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ فَأَبَى ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِلَّا كُفُورًا ٩٩
Have they not realized that Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth, can ?easily? re-create them? He has ?already? set for them a time, about which there is no doubt. But the wrongdoers persist in denial.
قُل لَّوْ أَنتُمْ تَمْلِكُونَ خَزَآئِنَ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّىٓ إِذًا لَّأَمْسَكْتُمْ خَشْيَةَ ٱلْإِنفَاقِۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ قَتُورًا ١٠٠
Say ?to them, O Prophet?, “Even if you were to possess the ?infinite? treasuries of my Lord’s mercy, then you would certainly withhold ?them?, fearing they would run out—for humankind is ever stingy!”
ذَٲلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔـايَـٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا ٩٨
That is their reward for rejecting Our signs and asking ?mockingly?, “When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?”
وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِۖ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦۖ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّاۖ مَّأْوَٮٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُۖ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَـٰهُمْ سَعِيرًا ٩٧
Whoever Allah guides is truly guided. And whoever He leaves to stray, you will find no guardians for them besides Him. And We will drag them on their faces on the Day of Judgment—deaf, dumb, and blind. Hell will be their home. Whenever it dies down, We will flare it up for them.
قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدَۢا بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرًا ٩٦
Say, “Sufficient is Allah as a Witness between me and you. He is certainly All-Knowing, All-Seeing of His servants.”
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولاً ٩٥
Say, ?O Prophet,? “Had there been angels walking the earth, well settled, We would have surely sent down for them an angel from heaven as a messenger.”
وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓاْ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓاْ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولاً ٩٤
And nothing has prevented people from believing when guidance comes to them except their protest: “Has Allah sent a human as a messenger?”
أَوْ يَكُونَ لَكَ بَيْتٌ مِّن زُخْرُفٍ أَوْ تَرْقَىٰ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَن نُّؤْمِنَ لِرُقِيِّكَ حَتَّىٰ تُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَـٰبًا نَّقْرَؤُهُۥۗ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّى هَلْ كُنتُ إِلَّا بَشَرًا رَّسُولاً ٩٣
or until you have a house of gold, or you ascend into heaven—and even then we will not believe in your ascension until you bring down to us a book that we can read.” Say, “Glory be to my Lord! Am I not only a human messenger?”
أَوْ تُسْقِطَ ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَمَا زَعَمْتَ عَلَيْنَا كِسَفًا أَوْ تَأْتِىَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ قَبِيلاً ٩٢
or cause the sky to fall upon us in pieces, as you have claimed, or bring Allah and the angels before us, face to face,
أَوْ تَكُونَ لَكَ جَنَّةٌ مِّن نَّخِيلٍ وَعِنَبٍ فَتُفَجِّرَ ٱلْأَنْهَـٰرَ خِلَـٰلَهَا تَفْجِيرًا ٩١
or until you have a garden of palm trees and vineyards, and cause rivers to flow abundantly in it,
وَقَالُواْ لَن نُّؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتَّىٰ تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَنۢبُوعًا ٩٠
They challenge ?the Prophet?, “We will never believe in you until you cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us,
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا ٨٩
And We have truly set forth every ?kind of? lesson for humanity in this Quran, yet most people persist in disbelief.
قُل لَّئِنِ ٱجْتَمَعَتِ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتُواْ بِمِثْلِ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لَا يَأْتُونَ بِمِثْلِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَانَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ ظَهِيرًا ٨٨
Say, ?O Prophet,? “If ?all? humans and jinn were to come together to produce the equivalent of this Quran, they could not produce its equal, no matter how they supported each other.”
إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِّن رَّبِّكَۚ إِنَّ فَضْلَهُۥ كَانَ عَلَيْكَ كَبِيرًا ٨٧
had it not been for the mercy of your Lord. Indeed, His favour upon you is immense.
وَلَئِن شِئْنَا لَنَذْهَبَنَّ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ بِهِۦ عَلَيْنَا وَكِيلاً ٨٦
If We willed, We could have certainly taken away what We have revealed to you ?O Prophet?—then you would find none to guarantee its return from Us—
وَيَسْــَٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلرُّوحِۖ قُلِ ٱلرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّى وَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً ٨٥
They ask you ?O Prophet? about the spirit. Say, “Its nature is known only to my Lord, and you ?O humanity? have been given but little knowledge.”
قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلَىٰ شَاكِلَتِهِۦ فَرَبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ سَبِيلاً ٨٤
Say, ?O Prophet,? “Everyone acts in their own way. But your Lord knows best whose way is rightly guided.”
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔـا بِجَانِبِهِۦۖ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَــُٔوسًا ٨٣
When We grant people Our favours, they turn away, acting arrogantly. But when touched with evil, they lose all hope.
وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مَا هُوَ شِفَآءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَۙ وَلَا يَزِيدُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا ٨٢
We send down the Quran as a healing and mercy for the believers, but it only increases the wrongdoers in loss.
وَقُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ ٱلْبَـٰطِلُۚ إِنَّ ٱلْبَـٰطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا ٨١
And declare, “The truth has come and falsehood has vanished. Indeed, falsehood is bound to vanish.”
وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدْخِلْنِى مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَأَخْرِجْنِى مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَٱجْعَل لِّى مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلْطَـٰنًا نَّصِيرًا ٨٠
And say, “My Lord! Grant me an honourable entrance and an honourable exit and give me a supporting authority from Yourself.”
وَمِنَ ٱلَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِۦ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا ٧٩
And rise at ?the last? part of the night, offering additional prayers, so your Lord may raise you to a station of praise.
أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٲةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا ٧٨
Observe the prayer from the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night and the dawn prayer, for certainly the dawn prayer is witnessed ?by angels?.
سُنَّةَ مَن قَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَاۖ وَلَا تَجِدُ لِسُنَّتِنَا تَحْوِيلاً ٧٧
?This has been? Our way with the messengers We sent before you. And you will never find any change in Our way.
وَإِن كَادُواْ لَيَسْتَفِزُّونَكَ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُخْرِجُوكَ مِنْهَاۖ وَإِذًا لَّا يَلْبَثُونَ خِلَـٰفَكَ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً ٧٦
They were about to intimidate you to drive you out of the land ?of Mecca?, but then they would not have survived after you ?had left? except for a little while.
إِذًا لَّأَذَقْنَـٰكَ ضِعْفَ ٱلْحَيَوٲةِ وَضِعْفَ ٱلْمَمَاتِ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنَا نَصِيرًا ٧٥
and then We truly would have made you taste double ?punishment? both in this life and after death, and you would have found no helper against Us.
وَلَوْلَآ أَن ثَبَّتْنَـٰكَ لَقَدْ كِدتَّ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْــًٔا قَلِيلاً ٧٤
Had We not made you steadfast, you probably would have inclined to them a little,
وَإِن كَادُواْ لَيَفْتِنُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ لِتَفْتَرِىَ عَلَيْنَا غَيْرَهُۥۖ وَإِذًا لَّٱتَّخَذُوكَ خَلِيلاً ٧٣
They definitely ?thought they? were about to lure you away from what We have revealed to you ?O Prophet?, hoping that you would attribute something else to Us falsely—and then they would have certainly taken you as a close friend.
وَمَن كَانَ فِى هَـٰذِهِۦٓ أَعْمَىٰ فَهُوَ فِى ٱلْأَخِرَةِ أَعْمَىٰ وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلاً ٧٢
But whoever is blind ?to the truth? in this ?world? will be blind in the Hereafter, and ?even? far more astray from the ?Right? Way.
يَوْمَ نَدْعُواْ كُلَّ أُنَاسِۭ بِإِمَـٰمِهِمْۖ فَمَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَـٰبَهُۥ بِيَمِينِهِۦ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ يَقْرَءُونَ كِتَـٰبَهُمْ وَلَا يُظْلَمُونَ فَتِيلاً ٧١
?Beware of? the Day We will summon every people with their leader. So whoever will be given their record in their right hand will read it ?happily? and will not be wronged ?even by the width of? the thread of a date stone.
۞ وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَـٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَـٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَـٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلاً ٧٠
Indeed, We have dignified the children of Adam, carried them on land and sea, granted them good and lawful provisions, and privileged them far above many of Our creatures.
أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ أَن يُعِيدَكُمْ فِيهِ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ فَيُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ قَاصِفًا مِّنَ ٱلرِّيحِ فَيُغْرِقَكُم بِمَا كَفَرْتُمْۙ ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِۦ تَبِيعًا ٦٩
Or do you feel secure that He will not send you back to sea once again, and send upon you a violent storm, drowning you for your denial? Then you will find none to avenge you against Us.
أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ وَكِيلاً ٦٨
Do you feel secure that He will not cause the land to swallow you up, or unleash upon you a storm of stones? Then you will find none to protect you.
وَإِذَا مَسَّكُمُ ٱلضُّرُّ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ ضَلَّ مَن تَدْعُونَ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُۖ فَلَمَّا نَجَّـٰكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ أَعْرَضْتُمْۚ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ كَفُورًا ٦٧
When you are touched with hardship at sea, you ?totally? forget all ?the gods? you ?normally? invoke, except Him. But when He delivers you ?safely? to shore, you turn away. Humankind is ever ungrateful.
رَّبُّكُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُزْجِى لَكُمُ ٱلْفُلْكَ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ لِتَبْتَغُواْ مِن فَضْلِهِۦٓۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا ٦٦
It is your Lord Who steers the ships for you through the sea, so that you may seek His bounty. Surely He is ever Merciful to you.
إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَـٰنٌۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ وَكِيلاً ٦٥
?Allah added,? “You will truly have no authority over My ?faithful? servants.” And sufficient is your Lord as a Guardian.
وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٲلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَـٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْۚ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا ٦٤
And incite whoever you can of them with your voice, mobilize against them all your cavalry and infantry, manipulate them in their wealth and children, and make them promises.” But Satan promises them nothing but delusion.
قَالَ ٱذْهَبْ فَمَن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ فَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ جَزَآؤُكُمْ جَزَآءً مَّوْفُورًا ٦٣
Allah responded, “Be gone! Whoever of them follows you, Hell will surely be the reward for all of you—an ample reward.
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَكَ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كَرَّمْتَ عَلَىَّ لَئِنْ أَخَّرْتَنِ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ لَأَحْتَنِكَنَّ ذُرِّيَّتَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً ٦٢
Adding, “Do you see this one you honoured above me? If you delay my end until the Day of Judgment, I will certainly take hold of his descendants, except for a few.”
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُواْ لِأَدَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا ٦١
And ?remember? when We said to the angels, “Prostrate before Adam,” so they all did—but not Iblîs, who protested, “Should I prostrate to the one You have created from mud?”
وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لَكَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ أَحَاطَ بِٱلنَّاسِۚ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلرُّءْيَا ٱلَّتِىٓ أَرَيْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا فِتْنَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَٱلشَّجَرَةَ ٱلْمَلْعُونَةَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِۚ وَنُخَوِّفُهُمْ فَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا طُغْيَـٰنًا كَبِيرًا ٦٠
And ?remember, O Prophet? when We told you, “Certainly your Lord encompasses the people.” And We have made what We brought you to see as well as the cursed tree ?mentioned? in the Quran only as a test for the people. We keep warning them, but it only increases them greatly in defiance.
وَمَا مَنَعَنَآ أَن نُّرْسِلَ بِٱلْأَيَـٰتِ إِلَّآ أَن كَذَّبَ بِهَا ٱلْأَوَّلُونَۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ ٱلنَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُواْ بِهَاۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِٱلْأَيَـٰتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا ٥٩
Nothing keeps Us from sending the ?demanded? signs except that they had ?already? been denied by earlier peoples. And We gave Thamûd the she-camel as a clear sign, but they wrongfully rejected it. We only send the signs as a warning.
وَإِن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا نَحْنُ مُهْلِكُوهَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُوهَا عَذَابًا شَدِيدًاۚ كَانَ ذَٲلِكَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَسْطُورًا ٥٨
There is not a ?wicked? society that We will not destroy or punish with a severe torment before the Day of Judgment. That is written in the Record.
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا ٥٧
?Even? the closest ?to Allah? of those invoked would be seeking a way to their Lord, hoping for His mercy, and fearing His punishment. Indeed, your Lord’s torment is fearsome.
قُلِ ٱدْعُواْ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلاً ٥٦
Say, ?O Prophet,? “Invoke those you claim ?to be divine? besides Him—they do not have the power to undo harm from you or transfer it ?to someone else?.”
وَرَبُّكَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِۗ وَلَقَدْ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَ ٱلنَّبِيِّــۧنَ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۖ وَءَاتَيْنَا دَاوُۥدَ زَبُورًا ٥٥
Your Lord knows best all those in the heavens and the earth. And We have surely favoured some prophets above others, and to David We gave the Psalms.
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِكُمْۖ إِن يَشَأْ يَرْحَمْكُمْ أَوْ إِن يَشَأْ يُعَذِّبْكُمْۚ وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلاً ٥٤
Your Lord knows you best. He may have mercy on you if He wills, or punish you if He wills. We have not sent you ?O Prophet? as a keeper over them.
وَقُل لِّعِبَادِى يَقُولُواْ ٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ يَنزَغُ بَيْنَهُمْۚ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنَ كَانَ لِلْإِنسَـٰنِ عَدُوًّا مُّبِينًا ٥٣
Tell My ?believing? servants to say only what is best. Satan certainly seeks to sow discord among them. Satan is indeed a sworn enemy to humankind.
يَوْمَ يَدْعُوكُمْ فَتَسْتَجِيبُونَ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَتَظُنُّونَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً ٥٢
On the Day He will call you, you will ?instantly? respond by praising Him, thinking you had remained ?in the world? only for a little while.
أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِى صُدُورِكُمْۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَاۖ قُلِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰٓ أَن يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا ٥١
or whatever you think is harder to bring to life!” Then they will ask ?you?, “Who will bring us back ?to life??” Say, “The One Who created you the first time.” They will then shake their heads at you and ask, “When will that be?” Say, “Perhaps it is soon!”
۞ قُلْ كُونُواْ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا ٥٠
Say, ?O Prophet,? “?Yes, even if? you become stones, or iron,
وَقَالُوٓاْ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَـٰمًا وَرُفَـٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا ٤٩
And they say ?mockingly?, “When we are reduced to bones and ashes, will we really be raised as a new creation?”
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ ضَرَبُواْ لَكَ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ فَضَلُّواْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَبِيلاً ٤٨
See how they call you names ?O Prophet?! So they have gone so ?far? astray that they cannot find the ?Right? Way.
نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلاً مَّسْحُورًا ٤٧
We know best how they listen to your recitation and what they say privately—when the wrongdoers say, “You would only be following a bewitched man.”
وَجَعَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ أَكِنَّةً أَن يَفْقَهُوهُ وَفِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَقْرًاۚ وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ رَبَّكَ فِى ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَحْدَهُۥ وَلَّوْاْ عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَـٰرِهِمْ نُفُورًا ٤٦
We have cast veils over their hearts—leaving them unable to comprehend it—and deafness in their ears. And when you mention your Lord alone in the Quran, they turn their backs in aversion.
وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْأَخِرَةِ حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا ٤٥
When you ?O Prophet? recite the Quran, We put a hidden barrier between you and those who do not believe in the Hereafter.
تُسَبِّحُ لَهُ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٲتُ ٱلسَّبْعُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَن فِيهِنَّۚ وَإِن مِّن شَىْءٍ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِهِۦ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَفْقَهُونَ تَسْبِيحَهُمْۗ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حَلِيمًا غَفُورًا ٤٤
The seven heavens, the earth, and all those in them glorify Him. There is not a single thing that does not glorify His praises—but you ?simply? cannot comprehend their glorification. He is indeed Most Forbearing, All-Forgiving.
سُبْحَـٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَـٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا ٤٣
Glorified and Highly Exalted is He above what they claim!
قُل لَّوْ كَانَ مَعَهُۥٓ ءَالِهَةٌ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذًا لَّٱبْتَغَوْاْ إِلَىٰ ذِى ٱلْعَرْشِ سَبِيلاً ٤٢
Say, ?O Prophet,? “Had there been other gods besides Him—as they claim—then they would have certainly sought a way to ?challenge? the Lord of the Throne.”
وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَا فِى هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ لِيَذَّكَّرُواْ وَمَا يَزِيدُهُمْ إِلَّا نُفُورًا ٤١
We have surely varied ?the signs? in this Quran so perhaps they may be mindful, but it only drives them farther away.
أَفَأَصْفَـٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَـٰثًاۚ إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلاً عَظِيمًا ٤٠
Has your Lord favoured you ?pagans? with sons and taken angels as ?His? daughters? You are truly making an outrageous claim.
ذَٲلِكَ مِمَّآ أَوْحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ مِنَ ٱلْحِكْمَةِۗ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتُلْقَىٰ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَلُومًا مَّدْحُورًا ٣٩
This is part of the wisdom which your Lord has revealed to you ?O Prophet?. And do not set up any other god with Allah ?O humanity?, or you will be cast into Hell, blameworthy, rejected.
كُلُّ ذَٲلِكَ كَانَ سَيِّئُهُۥ عِندَ رَبِّكَ مَكْرُوهًا ٣٨
The violation of any of these ?commandments? is detestable to your Lord.
وَلَا تَمْشِ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَحًاۖ إِنَّكَ لَن تَخْرِقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَن تَبْلُغَ ٱلْجِبَالَ طُولاً ٣٧
And do not walk on the earth arrogantly. Surely you can neither crack the earth nor stretch to the height of the mountains.
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْــُٔولاً ٣٦
Do not follow what you have no ?sure? knowledge of. Indeed, all will be called to account for ?their? hearing, sight, and intellect.
وَأَوْفُواْ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُواْ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِۚ ذَٲلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلاً ٣٥
Give in full when you measure, and weigh with an even balance. That is fairest and best in the end.
وَلَا تَقْرَبُواْ مَالَ ٱلْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِٱلَّتِى هِىَ أَحْسَنُ حَتَّىٰ يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُۥۚ وَأَوْفُواْ بِٱلْعَهْدِۖ إِنَّ ٱلْعَهْدَ كَانَ مَسْــُٔولاً ٣٤
Do not come near the wealth of the orphan—unless intending to enhance it—until they attain maturity. Honour ?your? pledges, for you will surely be accountable for them.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُواْ ٱلنَّفْسَ ٱلَّتِى حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّۗ وَمَن قُتِلَ مَظْلُومًا فَقَدْ جَعَلْنَا لِوَلِيِّهِۦ سُلْطَـٰنًا فَلَا يُسْرِف فِّى ٱلْقَتْلِۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مَنصُورًا ٣٣
Do not take a ?human? life—made sacred by Allah—except with ?legal? right. If anyone is killed unjustly, We have given their heirs the authority, but do not let them exceed limits in retaliation, for they are already supported ?by law?.
وَلَا تَقْرَبُواْ ٱلزِّنَىٰٓۖ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَـٰحِشَةً وَسَآءَ سَبِيلاً ٣٢
Do not go near adultery. It is truly a shameful deed and an evil way.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓاْ أَوْلَـٰدَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَـٰقٍۖ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْۚ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْــًٔا كَبِيرًا ٣١
Do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Surely killing them is a heinous sin.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَبْسُطُ ٱلرِّزْقَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيَقْدِرُۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ بِعِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرًا ٣٠
Surely your Lord gives abundant or limited provisions to whoever He wills. He is certainly All-Aware, All-Seeing of His servants.
وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَىٰ عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ ٱلْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا ٢٩
Do not be so tight-fisted, for you will be blameworthy; nor so open-handed, for you will end up in poverty.
وَإِمَّا تُعْرِضَنَّ عَنْهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ رَحْمَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّكَ تَرْجُوهَا فَقُل لَّهُمْ قَوْلاً مَّيْسُورًا ٢٨
But if you must turn them down ?because you lack the means to give?—while hoping to receive your Lord’s bounty—then ?at least? give them a kind word.
إِنَّ ٱلْمُبَذِّرِينَ كَانُوٓاْ إِخْوَٲنَ ٱلشَّيَـٰطِينِۖ وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ لِرَبِّهِۦ كَفُورًا ٢٧
Surely the wasteful are ?like? brothers to the devils. And the Devil is ever ungrateful to his Lord.
وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا ٢٦
Give to close relatives their due, as well as the poor and ?needy? travellers. And do not spend wastefully.
رَّبُّكُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِى نُفُوسِكُمْۚ إِن تَكُونُواْ صَـٰلِحِينَ فَإِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِلْأَوَّٲبِينَ غَفُورًا ٢٥
Your Lord knows best what is within yourselves. If you are righteous, He is certainly All-Forgiving to those who ?constantly? turn to Him.
وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ ٱلذُّلِّ مِنَ ٱلرَّحْمَةِ وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱرْحَمْهُمَا كَمَا رَبَّيَانِى صَغِيرًا ٢٤
And be humble with them out of mercy, and pray, “My Lord! Be merciful to them as they raised me when I was young.”
۞ وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓاْ إِلَّآ إِيَّاهُ وَبِٱلْوَٲلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَـٰنًاۚ إِمَّا يَبْلُغَنَّ عِندَكَ ٱلْكِبَرَ أَحَدُهُمَآ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا فَلَا تَقُل لَّهُمَآ أُفٍّ وَلَا تَنْهَرْهُمَا وَقُل لَّهُمَا قَوْلاً كَرِيمًا ٢٣
For your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him. And honour your parents. If one or both of them reach old age in your care, never say to them ?even? ‘ugh,’ nor yell at them. Rather, address them respectfully.
لَّا تَجْعَلْ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَقْعُدَ مَذْمُومًا مَّخْذُولاً ٢٢
Do not set up any other god with Allah, or you will end up condemned, abandoned.
ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۚ وَلَلْأَخِرَةُ أَكْبَرُ دَرَجَـٰتٍ وَأَكْبَرُ تَفْضِيلاً ٢١
See how We have favoured some over others ?in this life?, but the Hereafter is certainly far greater in rank and in favour.
كُلاًّ نُّمِدُّ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ مِنْ عَطَآءِ رَبِّكَۚ وَمَا كَانَ عَطَآءُ رَبِّكَ مَحْظُورًا ٢٠
We provide both the former and the latter from the bounty of your Lord. And the bounty of your Lord can never be withheld.
وَمَنْ أَرَادَ ٱلْأَخِرَةَ وَسَعَىٰ لَهَا سَعْيَهَا وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ كَانَ سَعْيُهُم مَّشْكُورًا ١٩
But whoever desires the Hereafter and strives for it accordingly, and is a ?true? believer, it is they whose striving will be appreciated.
مَّن كَانَ يُرِيدُ ٱلْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيهَا مَا نَشَآءُ لِمَن نُّرِيدُ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَا لَهُۥ جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَـٰهَا مَذْمُومًا مَّدْحُورًا ١٨
Whoever desires this fleeting world ?alone?, We hasten in it whatever We please to whoever We will; then We destine them for Hell, where they will burn, condemned and rejected.
وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِنَ ٱلْقُرُونِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ نُوحٍۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِرَبِّكَ بِذُنُوبِ عِبَادِهِۦ خَبِيرَۢا بَصِيرًا ١٧
?Imagine? how many peoples We have destroyed after Noah! And sufficient is your Lord as All-Aware and All-Seeing of the sins of His servants.
وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُواْ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَـٰهَا تَدْمِيرًا ١٦
Whenever We intend to destroy a society, We command its elite ?to obey Allah? but they act rebelliously in it. So the decree ?of punishment? is justified, and We destroy it utterly.
مَّنِ ٱهْتَدَىٰ فَإِنَّمَا يَهْتَدِى لِنَفْسِهِۦۖ وَمَن ضَلَّ فَإِنَّمَا يَضِلُّ عَلَيْهَاۚ وَلَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَىٰۗ وَمَا كُنَّا مُعَذِّبِينَ حَتَّىٰ نَبْعَثَ رَسُولاً ١٥
Whoever chooses to be guided, it is only for their own good. And whoever chooses to stray, it is only to their own loss. No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another. And We would never punish ?a people? until We have sent a messenger ?to warn them?.
ٱقْرَأْ كِتَـٰبَكَ كَفَىٰ بِنَفْسِكَ ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكَ حَسِيبًا ١٤
?And it will be said,? “Read your record. You ?alone? are sufficient this Day to take account of yourself.”
وَكُلَّ إِنسَـٰنٍ أَلْزَمْنَـٰهُ طَـٰٓئِرَهُۥ فِى عُنُقِهِۦۖ وَنُخْرِجُ لَهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ كِتَـٰبًا يَلْقَـٰهُ مَنشُورًا ١٣
We have bound every human’s destiny to their neck. And on the Day of Judgment We will bring forth to each ?person? a record which they will find laid open.
وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِۖ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُواْ فَضْلاً مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُواْ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَۚ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَـٰهُ تَفْصِيلاً ١٢
We made the day and night as two signs. So We made the sign of the night devoid of light, and We made the sign of the day ?perfectly? bright, so that you may seek the bounty of your Lord and know the number of years and calculation ?of time?. And We have explained everything in detail.
وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِۖ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ عَجُولاً ١١
And humans ?swiftly? pray for evil as they pray for good. For humankind is ever hasty.
وَأَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْأَخِرَةِ أَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا ١٠
And ?it warns? those who do not believe in the Hereafter ?that? We have prepared for them a painful punishment.
إِنَّ هَـٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ يَهْدِى لِلَّتِى هِىَ أَقْوَمُ وَيُبَشِّرُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا كَبِيرًا ٩
Surely this Quran guides to what is most upright, and gives good news to the believers—who do good—that they will have a mighty reward.
عَسَىٰ رَبُّكُمْ أَن يَرْحَمَكُمْۚ وَإِنْ عُدتُّمْ عُدْنَاۘ وَجَعَلْنَا جَهَنَّمَ لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ حَصِيرًا ٨
Perhaps your Lord will have mercy on you ?if you repent?, but if you return ?to sin?, We will return ?to punishment?. And We have made Hell a ?permanent? confinement for the disbelievers.”
إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْۖ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَاۚ فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْأَخِرَةِ لِيَسُــۥٓــُٔواْ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُواْ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُواْ مَا عَلَوْاْ تَتْبِيرًا ٧
If you act rightly, it is for your own good, but if you do wrong, it is to your own loss. “And when the second warning would come to pass, your enemies would ?be left to? totally disgrace you and enter the Temple ?of Jerusalem? as they entered it the first time, and utterly destroy whatever would fall into their hands.
ثُمَّ رَدَدْنَا لَكُمُ ٱلْكَرَّةَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمْدَدْنَـٰكُم بِأَمْوَٲلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أَكْثَرَ نَفِيرًا ٦
Then ?after your repentance? We would give you the upper hand over them and aid you with wealth and offspring, causing you to outnumber them.
فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ أُولَـٰهُمَا بَعَثْنَا عَلَيْكُمْ عِبَادًا لَّنَآ أُوْلِى بَأْسٍ شَدِيدٍ فَجَاسُواْ خِلَـٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِۚ وَكَانَ وَعْدًا مَّفْعُولاً ٥
When the first of the two warnings would come to pass, We would send against you some of Our servants of great might, who would ravage your homes. This would be a warning fulfilled.
وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٲٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّا كَبِيرًا ٤
And We warned the Children of Israel in the Scripture, “You will certainly cause corruption in the land twice, and you will become extremely arrogant.
ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا ٣
?O? descendants of those We carried with Noah ?in the Ark?! He was indeed a grateful servant.”
وَءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ هُدًى لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٲٓءِيلَ أَلَّا تَتَّخِذُواْ مِن دُونِى وَكِيلاً ٢
And We gave Moses the Scripture and made it a guide for the Children of Israel, ?stating:? “Do not take besides Me any other Trustee of Affairs,
سُبْحَـٰنَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِۦ لَيْلاً مِّنَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ إِلَى ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْأَقْصَا ٱلَّذِى بَـٰرَكْنَا حَوْلَهُۥ لِنُرِيَهُۥ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَآۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ ١
Glory be to the One Who took His servant ?Mu?ammad? by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed, so that We may show him some of Our signs. Indeed, He alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا لَقِيَا غُلَـٰمًا فَقَتَلَهُۥ قَالَ أَقَتَلْتَ نَفْسًا زَكِيَّةَۢ بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ لَّقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْــًٔا نُّكْرًا ٧٤
So they proceeded until they came across a boy, and the man killed him. Moses protested, “Have you killed an innocent soul, who killed no one? You have certainly done a horrible thing.”
قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا ٧٣
Moses pleaded, “Excuse me for forgetting, and do not be hard on me.”
قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ٧٢
He replied, “Did I not say that you cannot have patience with me?”
فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَاۖ قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْــًٔا إِمْرًا ٧١
So they set out, but after they had boarded a ship, the man made a hole in it. Moses protested, “Have you done this to drown its people? You have certainly done a terrible thing!”
قَالَ فَإِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَنِى فَلَا تَسْــَٔلْنِى عَن شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ أُحْدِثَ لَكَ مِنْهُ ذِكْرًا ٧٠
He responded, “Then if you follow me, do not question me about anything until I ?myself? clarify it for you.”
قَالَ سَتَجِدُنِىٓ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ صَابِرًا وَلَآ أَعْصِى لَكَ أَمْرًا ٦٩
Moses assured ?him?, “You will find me patient, Allah willing, and I will not disobey any of your orders.”
وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِۦ خُبْرًا ٦٨
And how can you be patient with what is beyond your ?realm of? knowledge?”
قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِىَ صَبْرًا ٦٧
He said, “You certainly cannot be patient ?enough? with me.
قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا ٦٦
Moses said to him, “May I follow you, provided that you teach me some of the right guidance you have been taught?”
فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَآ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَـٰهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا ٦٥
There they found a servant of Ours, to whom We had granted mercy from Us and enlightened with knowledge of Our Own.
قَالَ ذَٲلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا ٦٤
Moses responded, “That is ?exactly? what we were looking for.” So they returned, retracing their footsteps.
قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنْسَـٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا ٦٣
He replied, “Do you remember when we rested by the rock? ?That is when? I forgot the fish. None made me forget to mention this except Satan. And the fish made its way into the sea miraculously.”